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'Ofwat also said South East Water failed to maintain key infrastructure such as service reservoirs, boreholes and major pipes.'

What are we doing here?

06.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Make no mistake: these aren't fines but forced investment in infrastructure.

Investment is great, it's needed, but it shouldn't take legal action for water companies to do their actual job.

Public ownership is the only option. The arguments against are drying up.

06.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘‡Some stunning analysis in the thread below showing where 2024 Labour voters are going (hint: it's not all Reform!).

It's clear the progressive majority exists: but we need to harness it.

06.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“OUT NOW

In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.

Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.

#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem

05.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Lifting the Lid on Britain's Pressure Cooker Politics: How Inequality and Neoliberal Capture Broke First Past the Post - Compass This new paper makes a direct link between the levels of inequality seen in Britain today and our first-past-the-post voting system.

Read the publication here: www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

05.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“OUT NOW

In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.

Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.

#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem

05.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ§¨β€œThe Government’s refusal to look at Proportional Representation is dangerously short-sighted.”

Brendan O'Hara MP eloquently warns of the possibility that Reform may win majority power in 2029 on barely 30% of the vote if #FirstPastThePost stays.

#ElectoralReform #Democracy

03.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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OUT NOW: New research reveals the link between First-Past-the-Post and the rise of Reform UK.

Read our paper β€˜Lifting the Lid on Britain’s Pressure-Cooker Politics’ by Stuart Donald.

04.03.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Lifting the Lid on Britain's Pressure Cooker Politics: How Inequality and Neoliberal Capture Broke First Past the Post - Compass This new paper makes a direct link between the levels of inequality seen in Britain today and our first-past-the-post voting system.

Read the publication here: www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

04.03.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OUT NOW: New research reveals the link between First-Past-the-Post and the rise of Reform UK.

Read our paper β€˜Lifting the Lid on Britain’s Pressure-Cooker Politics’ by Stuart Donald.

04.03.2026 12:23 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Lifting the Lid on Britain's Pressure Cooker Politics: How Inequality and Neoliberal Capture Broke First Past the Post - Compass This new paper makes a direct link between the levels of inequality seen in Britain today and our first-past-the-post voting system.

READ THE RESEARCH HEREπŸ‘‡

www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

04.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inequality in Britain is rampant, writes @pollytoynbee.bsky.social, and has become so with the help of our electoral system.

Our new research paper, 'Lifting the Lid', links our fragmenting voting system to mass regional deprivation, and regional deprivation to the all-powerful nature of FPTP.

04.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Compass is Hiring a Digital Engagement Officer! - Compass Compass is looking to recruit a Digital Engagement Officer as we enter an exciting new period for UK politics in […]

✍️We're hiring!

Compass is looking for a Digital Engagement Officer.
If you're good with everything online and supporter-facing - mailings, social media - then we want to hear from you!

πŸ‘‡Click below to apply (deadline March 23rd at 5pm)
www.compassonline.org.uk/compass-is-h...

04.03.2026 10:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Spring Statement was another chance for this Labour Government to seize the narrative - instead it just proved confusing.

Compass in the @politics.mirror.co.uk.

03.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ§¨β€œThe Government’s refusal to look at Proportional Representation is dangerously short-sighted.”

Brendan O'Hara MP eloquently warns of the possibility that Reform may win majority power in 2029 on barely 30% of the vote if #FirstPastThePost stays.

#ElectoralReform #Democracy

03.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This one specific outcome would bring about a case for the nationwide Progressive Alliance that exists in Britain.

Green-Lib-Lab-SNP-Plaid majority.

The ideas are separate but there can be a common goal and it needs to be found in our fragmented era of multi-party politics.

03.03.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“œ The House of Commons just debated the Representation of the People Bill

πŸ’₯ Great to see more Labour MPs joining the call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform

πŸ“Ί @patrickhurley.bsky.social @catsmithmp.bsky.social @chriscurtis94.bsky.social & @jamesnaish.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR

02.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 6
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Labour must not bind Britain's fate to the failing electoral system - Politics.co.uk It’s fair to say that British democracy is in ill health. Labour has inherited rock bottom public trust in politics and a state wracked by austerity. We are working to show that government can deliver...

"The Westminster system is crumbling. Labour must rebuild it – or we will find ourselves under the rubble."

✍️ Beccy Cooper MP & Tim Roca MP

🌹 #Labour4PR #ElectoralReform #Democracy
@drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social @timrocamp.bsky.social @politics.co.uk
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

02.03.2026 09:39 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast Society & Culture Podcast Β· Updated fortnightly Β· Hear from the widest range of voices in the progressive movement. Every week, host Neal Lawson, speaks with progressive thinkers, writers and politici...

Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0g3eq7V...

28.02.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Things change slowly, and then very quickly.

@meganekenyon.bsky.social and @peterkellner.bsky.social joined us last night to dissect the result of Thursday's by-election in Gorton & Denton.

Out now πŸ‘‡

28.02.2026 10:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder that this is happening at 6pm for members!

27.02.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Gorton & Denton result is a huge win for progressives.

But for the sake of securing a progressive majority in 2029, we must heed its wider lessons too.

As Neal Lawson argues: in a broken two-party system, First Past the Post risks splitting the progressive vote and letting Reform in.

27.02.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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There is appetite in Britain for a bold, progressive agenda. This spectacular Green victory shows that.

Now's the time to get it done.

Compass in The Mirror @politics.mirror.co.uk.

27.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Andy Burnham could have won Gorton and Denton By blocking the Manchester Mayor, Labour has opened the floodgates to the Greens

Read the full article: www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...

27.02.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—³οΈ"Last night’s seismic Gorton & Denton by-election result is the final nail in the coffin of a politics that kisses right and punches left."

Director Neal Lawson for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on how Labour's hyper-factionalism is in its final throes.

27.02.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gorton and Denton By-Election: Hopeful, Historic, and a Call to Cooperate - Compass Compass warmly congratulates Hannah Spencer and the Greens on their by-election victory in Gorton and Denton last night. It was […]

Read our full statement: www.compassonline.org.uk/gorton-and-d...

27.02.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Hannah Spencer on her brilliant by-election win in Gorton & Denton.

A victory for radical hope - and warning to Labour: chasing Reform now comes with real competition on the left.

It also confirms the chaos #FPTP creates in a multi-party age - and what progressives must do next.

27.02.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Do the British left’s hopes lie with the Greens, Labour or even Your Party? The answer could be all three | Joe Todd No single organisation can deliver the change that socialists want. As Nigel Farage has shown, politics has to be ruthlessly tactical, says political writer and podcaster Joe Todd

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

26.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The case for a left pluralism has never been stronger - it's why Compass opened its ranks to Greens, Lib Dems and all progressives in 2011.

Joe Todd's article in The Guardian is a shining diagnosis of how we need to come together.

26.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This show is live for Compass members, who can also ask our guests their questions, so make sure to sign up before then: action.compassonline.org.uk

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